Subsea
VOS Start Arrives at Damen for Equipment Mobilization
Vroon’s subsea-support walk-to-work vessel VOS Start has arrived in Amsterdam. The vessel is now at Damen Shiprepair, where it will be mobilized with a motion-compensated gangway system and an active heave-compensated crane. VOS Start has been purpose built to support offshore operations in renewabl
RRS Sir David Attenborough Construction Moves Forward
Cammell Laird shipyard has reached the nine-month milestone in its project to build the UK’s new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The ship has been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and it will be operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Cammell
SES Joins Forces with DeepMar
Stress Engineering Services (SES) has teamed up with subsea system engineering and operations consulting, DeepMar, to expand its existing upstream service offerings. The integrated team will work alongside clients to increase assurance of successful projects in regards to health, safety and environm
JDR Becomes Preferred Cable Supplier for Windfloat Atlantic Project
JDR has been selected by WindPlus as the preferred cable supplier for the Windfloat Atlantic (WFA) 25MW floating wind farm. The project, located off the coast of Viana de Castelo, Northern Portugal, will see the application of dynamic cables operating at 66kV. The scope of supply includes the design
OGTC Targets New Robotic Technologies for UKCS Fields
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre has launched two new ‘Calls for Ideas’ to identify, support and fund solutions which use robotics to reduce inspection costs, and to unlock the 225 marginal discoveries in small pools across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Each call has a fund of approximately £1 mil
Kraken Bags New AquaPix Sonar Contract
Kraken Sonar Systems has been awarded a repeat contract valued at over C$400,000 by a European defence contractor. Kraken will supply and integrate its AquaPix miniature interferometric synthetic aperture sonar and real-time SAS signal processor on the customer’s autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
Proserv Invests in New Facility in Great Yarmouth
Proserv has invested in a new purpose built technology centre for subsea controls and communications in Great Yarmouth. The move will see around 190 employees consolidate from two sites in the area into the new 65,000 sq ft Beacon Park site in Gorleston-on-Sea which will feature modern office, manuf
ENGIE E&P Hires WesternGeco for Gjøa 4D Shoot
ENGIE E&P Norge has awarded WesternGeco two contracts for acquisition and processing of towed 4D seismic data in the production license 153, the Gjøa license, in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea. The acquisition will be performed with the vessel “WesternGeco Magellan”, and is planned to
EIB Funds Nordlink Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 300 million loan agreement with Norwegian transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett for the completion of the Nordlink interconnector between Germany and Norway. The signature comes shortly after the first part of the financing for the interconne
New Commercial Director Joins Seismic Apparition
Seismic Apparition GmbH has appointed Robin Walker as a commercial director. Robin has more than 30 years’ experience in the seismic sector, most of it with WesternGeco and its predecessor companies. Robin will take on primary responsibility for formulating and introducing a series of new value-addi
Plexus Wins with Maersk Oil
Plexus has entered into a new 4-year contract with Maersk Oil North Sea UK for the provision of wellhead, mudline suspension systems and associated services. The initial purchase order is to prepare and provide POS-GRIP HPHT surface wellhead systems and Tersus mudline suspension equipment on a stand
EMGS Sells Data Off Norway
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS said it has entered into various agreements with undisclosed oil companies involving data licensing (prefunding and late sales) related to 3D EM data in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea in Norway. The agreements represent revenues of USD 2.4 million. In M
Waves4Power Connects WaveEL to Norwegian Grid
Waves4Power has connected its wave energy system to shore at Runde and started to deliver electricity to the Norwegian power grid on Friday. The Waves4Power wave energy system consists of the WaveEL buoy, a connection hub, and custom designed proprietary marine cables from the buoy to the hub, and f
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 29 – June 04). Bibby Offshore has secured a contract with TAQA for subsea construction works in the Eider field, located 184 km north-east of Shetland. With offshore operations to be completed thi